NBA Today Full | Celtics are fake contenders, Zion & Pelicans are ready for the playoffs – Big Perk

NBA Today Full | Celtics are fake contenders, Zion & Pelicans are ready for the playoffs – Big Perk

There is no way that the Celtics could drop two games to Atlanta in a week right what if I told you what if I told you welcome to NBA Today presented by Levis what’s up everybody I’m Richard Jefferson in from Malika Andrews Roto shelburn is here to help me hold it down

In the studio we have our senior writer uh Zack low is also with us and despite countless texts and calls to our producer Kendrick Perkins is also going to be with us for the next hour and perk unfortunately it was a McFlurry but we did have a deante flurry in Atlanta last

Night deante got his shots up early and often 44 points on 4 how many shots shots how many including hitting all five shots in overtime look Murray’s mentality was just to get them up and he gave them uh an outstanding effort out there and look where was that in the

Dunk contest I don’t know where it was in the dunk contest but oh my God Jaylen Brown look you don’t get a body out there on the dunk contest but in the fourth quarter dejonte Murray going to work and look they have so many Defenders on the Celtics roster that

None of them everybody’s going to get that work are all NBA Defenders all NBA Defenders the best team in the league and Deonte Murray he sees them and he just goes to work look at this over top of porzingis offensive rebound out those are those are just dagger threes and

Look Celtics up by three tie it right there I look I I don’t know what you do if your Celtics you take two straight L’s to Atlanta but look I’m always been a person that says hey these are the things that can kind of help get you

Locked in down the stretch in overtime like we said Deonte Murray knocking down shot after shot in the overtime for Atlanta it was just impressive look Boston’s not going to go away they’re going to fight they’re going to grind Jaylen Brown bucket Celtics up by one now

6 seconds to go in overtime Celtics up by one Drew holiday me it’s pretty good defense that’s great defense that I stand by the best defense versus the best offense I’m taking the best offense look at there Jon Murray going against through holiday we already saw

Derek white get some of those but look at him he down there dancing in Atlanta it was just an impressive impressive night for Deonte Murray what he was able to do out on the floor just bucket after Buck we don’t have time to show all 4 shots I mean we don’t have

That but dejonte Murray he had some comments after the game it’s the NBA right that’s the best team in the league we competed you know uh we didn’t use being tired or anything a back toback as an excuse we came out and competed and these are the games I want

To be a part of and I still feel like I played awful I don’t want to take them many shots but I know Kobe will be proud of me Boston was a massive favorite on Thursday and they lost again which gives them multiple losses this season as 15-point favorites the only other teams

To do so since 1990 both lost in the first round of the playoffs in that respective season but Joe Missoula he doesn’t seem too concerned how demoralizing is come on man I’m really trying hard here to like you know it’s not demoralizing demoralizing well I’m going to agree

With them demoralizing is a very aggressive word especially if you’re the first place team you’re going to lose a game you’re going to lose a game in overtime but Zach why is it that the Celtics losses feel so loud let’s start with the good news Richard they feel so loud partly because

There’s so few of them and they never win close games they only win blowouts and so we have very few dramatic Celtics moments to talk about and they’re all this but their crunch time offense is too slow and too predictable and it’s mediocre League wide and that’s not

Going to be good enough against the best defenses who are going to play you in close games in the playoffs it’s not a crisis it feels like a crisis because the Celtics are the best team we hold them to a high standard and they don’t lose very often but just give the ball

To the Jason Tatum and everyone else stands around hasn’t worked well enough last year the year before or this year they need to get more Dynamic why is kristofh porzingis just standing in the corner possession after Possession come up and set a screen run a pick and pop

Get the offens moving Derek white the best screen Setter on the whole team run around to do some stuff this isn’t good enough it’s not a crisis this is the best team in the East it’s all fine in the big picture but there are going to

Be games that come down to this just like these last two Hawks games and the Celtics need to get a little more juice to their late game offense yeah they need a little bit more juice again like you said though they’re blowing out so many teams and when they get to these

Close games when they lose everyone wants to be concerned but big perk how big of a red flag do you think these late game issues are that keep popping up I I wouldn’t say that it’s demoralizing but I will say it’s very disturbing especially at this moment

Right and I feel like we’re constantly every time the Celtics play and lose one of these games we are revisiting this conversation because they haven’t corrected the problem Jason Tatum he hasn’t corrected the problem he’s still not showing up when they need him the most in the clutch Time moments and you

Know this Richard at this point of the Season all the teams that are in the postseason or in the playin tournament they’re starting to gear up for the postseason meaning they have NBA Scouts that are in the stands that are watching the Boston Celtics you know why because

They need a game plan and right now they look vulnerable and that’s a huge that’s a huge part of why I have concern because going into the postseason you want The Scouting Report to say you know what we’re going to try to do this we’re

Going to try to do that you don’t want teams especially your opponents in the Eastern Conference getting any type of confidence and when you look at the people that are walking down the sidelines mean the head coaches that are in the Eastern Conference you have a Tom

Tibido who is a great head coach you have a Eric sposa you have a Nick nurse you have a Doc Rivers so Joe Missoula I know it may feel like fun in games right now but you’re going to have to do your part in these clutch game moments in

These times coaching against the other people on the other side of the uh Court I mean I think the Celtics have just been coasting this last part of the Season trying they’re resting guys people who have little injuries like Jason Tatum have been sitting games here

And there they’re just trying to get to the finish line of this regular season because as you keep seeing they have an 11 game lead on the Bucks okay 11 game lead for second place here they they it’s really hard to keep that level of performance they’ve had all year long

When they would benefit more from making sure their key guys have time get into the playoffs fresh aren’t burning themselves out in the regular season the problem is when you take your foot off the gas even a little bit you get games like this you build the big lead you

Think you can just hold it then you get a team like the Hawks who by the way they’re in 10th right now I’m I’m not saying we we look we don’t look at the bottom of the Eastern Conference play in tournament as much as we do the west but

The Hawks are in 10th that could be a potential first round series again I know that they’ve had that but you don’t want to give a team like that confidence especially if it’s a team you might see in the first round well and the Hawks are fighting for something that’s I

Think the thing that people greatly underestimate the Boston Celtics come to town you’re going to have more fans there it’s going to be more energy you’re fighting for something I get it but to stay on the hawk the Celtics they might struggle late in games but dejon Murray does night Murray has three

Buzzer beaters so far this season the first of which came on January 17th with the game winner over Marquel fols to knock over the magic that was a big big shot and then two nights later Murray had the heat absolutely sick with his pullup three to win the game and it

Might have also been on Udonis Haslam Jersey retirement night so that makes it a little bit worse and then here on Thursday night the McFlurry continues with a huge bucket to sink the Celtics in overtime those are the game when you get to beat the Celtics you remember

Those for the rest of your life and look the Hawks have been without Trey young for 22 games this season and it’s shown some interesting Trends the Hawks have a winning record in those games and improved on the defensive end with de jonte Murray running the show so my my

Thing about this is perk my question to you dejonte clearly plays better when he’s the Run running the show so do you think it’s time to kind of end this Trey young dejonte Murray experiment I’ll leave it up to you big guy Richard are you asking me to get

Uncomfortable that’s what you’re asking me right now to have an uncomfortable conversation because you can hear The Whispers And and in all fairness to Trey young he had to expect that this conversation was so come about because when you get injured and your team start to play better without you and the guy

Is leading your team that play your position this conversation needs to be had and I think that the Atlanta Hawks is going to have to make a decision this upcoming off season whether they want to continue with the jonte Murray or whether they want to go with Trey young

Now if they decide to go with de jonte Murray and he is quin Snider guy there’s still some interesting teams out there for Trey young like the San Antonio Spurs or maybe like the Los Angeles Lakers but do I think this this Duo right now has ran his course and it’s

Has come to an end I absolutely do I mean look they’re 10th in the East that they’re the 10th in the East and they’re playing slightly better without him in the lineup but some of that could also just be Clarity it could be schedule could be injuries that they’ve gotten

Guys back from even though Trey young is out and I do think both of them will hear their name name in trade talks and the biggest difference is quite frankly Trey young makes a lot more money so it’s harder to make a trade for Trey

Young than it is for deante and I and I think it’s when we get to the season we’ll see who the biders are I think perk you mentioned those those teams I think you’ll hear a lot more teams out there because nobody outside of Philadelphia or Orlando really has cap

Space this summer um and the only way to get a star players probably to trade for one and there’s a lot of teams that be interested in the services of these two guys so I I expect both of them to hear their names it’s a function though of

Who wants them and what are they willing to give up because we’ve now seen a year and a half of of them under Quin Snider and he’s had an evaluation period you have to decide is it time to break him up but at what cost what are you getting back in

Return I’m not uncomfortable perk I don’t know about you my chair is comfortable my Blazer’s comfortable this is a very comfortable conversation because we’ve got two years of evidence now that Deon Murray Plus Trey young equals mediocre they are minus 150 total points for the season with those two

Guys on the floor they just don’t add up to more than the sum of their parts they’re mediocre with Trey and deante they’re okay probably mediocre with Just DE jante if there’s no change in the quality of your team you should absolutely trade one of them for as many

Draft picks and future assets as you can get just to stock the cupboard again with all the stuff you traded out the door to get to Jon Murray and put this team together look it’s not a surprise really that they haven’t taken a step back because there wasn’t that big of a

Step back to even take it’s not a surprise that their defense is better without Trey young and by the way Jaylen Johnson’s hurt sad Bay’s hurt Ana kangu is hurt like the Hawks are not whole and that’s another reason by the way I don’t want to hear this Celtics lost last

Night excused by the 11 game lead and their coasting the Hawks have had their team and I watched that game start to finish the Celtics the Celtics played hard and they wanted to win that game they were not coasting in that game they were fired up they were playing hard

Against a team that had half its roster basically and they still lost the Celtics are fine in the big picture of their crunch time offense is just okay it’s not a disaster it needs to be better but I just don’t want these Atlanta losses wiped away as oh they

Mean nothing it’s just the team that was coasting that team wasn’t coasting last night they wanted to win and they couldn’t yes that was the key and especially coming off a loss so you have an opportunity for a get back and the team is short-handed and you still get

The L to me that is the issue that is when you start to worry about not worry about the Celtics because I think they’re going to be fine they’re my pick to go to the finals but you start to worry about hey are we really as locked

In as we’re supposed to be are we as locked in as perk is supposed to be but this is ESPN’s next cash of Titans between Zion and Yan last night the big fella the long man going at it it was these two when you get to watch these

Guys this is when it was fun scary moment though for the bucks take a look Damen lard comes up a little hobbled here just no contact he would play the rest of the game Daman Lillard he’s tough he’s from Oakland we don’t worry about that but jump in the third quarter

Zion drives to the back out the makes a tough layup he seems more athletic he seems more explosive going through contact more than we’ve seen in the a lot of contact that’s why were like I don’t want any he’s going through it seems healthy he seems healthy it’s

Amazing you know how some of these things can work and then J is up top for the LW nice speed look this Bucks team we’re still trying to in my opinion we’re been more surprised by what the Pelicans can do and we’re still trying to figure out who these bucks are jannis

Finishing in the lane are they still trying to figure out 20 straight points in the third quarter um I don’t know maybe double team them I don’t know we’re going to jump to the fourth though Dame Lillard not a lot of Rim protection there not not a lot of Rim protection

There one thing I would like to see more from Zion is more of that more of that Rim protection not theay oh look Zion has been healthy and on a tear of late and Thursday with just the latest effort he finished with his 19th game of the season of 25 points on 60%

From the floor the only player with more in any other uh season for the Pelicans is Zion [Laughter] himself so Zach Zion’s putting together some of the best basketball of his young career but what stood out to you watching his play of late it’s the best he’s ever played he’s

Making a late season push for all NBA his defense is on another planet from where it was even two three months ago but there were a couple plays that made me sit up in my chair and say holy bleep and we’re going to look at him now the

First is this drive yeah sorry bleep it out the first is this drive this doesn’t look like much cuz it’s Zion that’s Giannis atenta kmo and Brook Lopez the most fearsome Rim protection duo in the entire league a defensive player of the year and an annual defense player of the

Canidate he doesn’t care and I want to see more of this when Brandon Ingram is back inverted pick and roll CJ column screens for Zion uhoh what are we going to do we got a trap we got to do something flare is open for a three that’s Point Zion but it’s Point Zion

Interacting with the other great players on the team thumbs up holy bleep well while the pals are are trending up it feels like the Bucks are Treading Water take a listen to a little bit of frustration from Giannis after last night’s loss got to play fast I that’s

Who that’s who we are you know but we we just got to find it we don’t have nine games to find we got to find it tomorrow we got to find it against Atlanta I I don’t care about the nine games we have left got to find it right

Now the Bucks have been up and down since Doc Rivers took over and they are now 14 and 13 let me repeat they are 14 and 13 in his time on the sideline Milwaukee has been in the middle of the pack during that time and remember

Adrien Griffin was 30 and 13 during his time with the Bucks this season we are now joined with Hall of Fame Mark Spears Mark you know better than anyone what that record says that’s who you are so what do you think that we’re seeing from

The Bucks what is it that you feel is the biggest issue with them it’s a wild ride like a Harley that you could get Milwaukee right now I mean the thing with this team is they’re still getting used to Doc right they’re still getting used to Dame they’re still getting used

To all these different things but this is what’s going to help them one they they got to figure out a way to keep that two seed and luckily the rest of the East will help them right but once they lock that two seat in they got five

Days MH they got those five days in between their last game and the first playoff game and that’s when Doc Rivers has to do a mini camp have these guys come in for those five days get um get used to Chris Middleton again figure out all the problems not only get on the

Court get in the film room they got five days to figure it out doc could be basically get his plan together to try to fix things cuz I mean this has certainly been disappointing but it’s not like Doc got a training camp so this will be Doc

Doc’s training camp to try to try to figure this out that’s a great point and one of the reasons why they had initially hired Adrien Griffin firsttime head coach they thought oh we have most of the same guys back right this is before the Dame Lillard trade this is

This is a veteran team that they had had this before they had all this uncertainty and then all of sudden right before training camp they trade for dami Lillard and they traded out Drew holiday they TR they make such huge seismic changes so you’re right Doc Rivers

Hasn’t had a training camp he doesn’t have his whole staff there he hasn’t even be able to put in h most of what he does offensively or defensively and this team hasn’t had a chance to run it all I you don’t get to practice much during

The season no I look for me when I watch this team I’m still trying to figure out where what they are trying to figure out that’s the key thing it’s like oh you could see that a team is trying to figure something out but when you watch

Them they’re like what are they trying to figure out there was their defense there was their their pick and roll with Giannis and Dame we’ve seen a little bit more but perk what do you think can get this team rolling why do you think they

AR B knows doc he knows what doc can do or not do well it’s about sacrificing and it’s going to start with jannis an the Copo like how much is he going to sacrifice not having the ball in his hands when you look at the Milwaukee Bucks without Giannis Damian L game goes

To another level and I’m not just talking about scoring I’m talking about of facilitating so Yiannis are you actually going to embrace that role of actually you know being more of a screen set or or a dribble hand off guy you’re still going to get your points but can

You do it by sacrificing uh being less ball dominant I think when you look at these numbers right here when you know Giannis is off the court compared to when he’s on the court now I get it Dame Rose steps up to is is is asked to do

More but again you brought Damen lard in here to give you help so if if I’m Yiannis I’m actually watching joic and Murray and how they mastered the Twan game and saying can I do this with Damian Lillard and I believe the answer is yes oh well I agree with you big perk

Coming up Anthony Edwards Nicola yic and the first seated nuggets host Anthony Edwards and the second seated Timberwolves in Denver remember in their previous matchup Denver beat them by three but ant had a chance to tie it at the end as you can see the wolves are

Only a half game back from that all important one seed and look here we are look don’t stab me whoever wins tonight in Denver takes the one seed in the west people love throwing up all of these numbers that don’t matter but I’m here to tell you that tonight’s game could

Shape up a lot of what’s going on in the west now look whoever with the wind the Timol or nuggets these are the chances of them finishing with the number one see with the loss it drops to 18% and 23% so that shows told you that both

These teams they know these numbers they know how important with that and even with that both teams will meet again before the season ends and tonight’s game could be even bigger for the Nuggets since they don’t own the tiebreaker over the Wolves just yet that is what’s impressive and another little

Tidbit the Denver Nuggets they don’t own the tiebreaker over OKC so they’ve got they’ve got a little work looking up they might be tied but they’re in the worst position of being tied so perk the between these two teams who do you think is going to be in the Conference Finals

Do you think that this is a Conference Finals preview I don’t I don’t but I I you know I’m not sold yet because I don’t know when call Anthony towns or if he’s coming back but I will say this I’m I would not the Denver Nuggets are going

To be there okay but when it comes down to the Minnesota timber wolves I really don’t want to go against Anthony Edwards and house stingy that defense is right that’s a bunch of dogs over there I watched them last weekend when they played against the Golden State Warriors

And what they do on the perimeter how they make people feel how they make people uncomfortable this team is very very dangerous I think when you think about this game tonight this is a confidence booster for the Minnesota Timberwolves we know what they’re capable of doing at home but when you

Have a young team that could actually go into Denver against the defending champs who just came off a loss against the Phoenix Suns and win a game going into the postseason it does us it does a certain thing when it comes down to your confidence on the for for as a level uh

Aspect when they’ve played in the past what Minnesota likes to do against joic is put towns on joic and put goar on Aaron Gordon and say Rudy you roam around and block shots and muck everything up well there’s no towns to tonight as perk mentioned so who guards

Jic do they try and do that with nas Reed that seems like it could be a problem do they put goar on yic I think that’s interesting and about Carl towns it’s a little early I don’t want to make too much of it but they’re seven and

Three without him Nas Reed is playing really well in his starting spot their defense has not missed a beat given the financial situation this team is in after this season when all the big deals come together given that they can’t really decide who wants to own the team

In any given week or month or year I just think it’s worth noting how they’re playing without him and if that continues and I don’t think it will I think they need Carl towns to make a deep playoff run I think his shooting and skill set on offense is just so

Special and so valuable to them but it’s worth monitoring given the situation they face going forward but as for tonight who guards joic it all starts from there every time the Nuggets play I also think there’s seems like there’s a lot of people who want to own the team right now

Yes uh look people forget that they actually had a playoff series against each other last year and it was the first round and I think we look back on that playoff series and and you know Denver got through them they hadn’t won a championship yet but now when you look

Back on that series like they matched up very well with the Denver Nuggets they have the size they have the versatility they have different parts as Zach mentioned they have different ways of guarding yic like this is a team if you’re Denver that I mean were constructed by the same guy Tim Connelly

Tim Connelly was in Denver for a long time now he’s in Minnesota Calvin Booth took over in Denver but they were constructed with the same idea in mind which is size versatility and Aaron Gordon type so there Jaden McDaniels there in in Minnesota that this is a

Tough matchup if this indeed is a playoff matchup going forward are we just going to ignore the New Kids on the Block are we just going to ignore them giving them some props yeah Oklahoma City Thunder oh oh those new kids those new kids those young boys they’re half a

Game out like they got a shot at this too right or are we just going to dismiss them cuz they’re young they have no pressure they just balling SGA perhaps should be MVP Chad is I mean every time I watch them my heart starts telling me you know

What you you my mind says no because they’re young but my heart’s like I don’t know these young boys they’re coming to play every night so I don’t know man I’m not not going to just dismiss them because they’re the you know got simac on their breath and

Everything look I I agree and the three of them now Dem has been the one that has kind of creeped up here in the last couple of weeks uh but it’s been OKC it’s been it it’s been Minnesota those have been the two teams really for most

Of the regular season that have been battling for number one and then Denver just being the old man slowly getting to where they need to get but I will say this everyone talks about how they are vulnerable at the top the one and two when they’re talking about OKC in

Minnesota no one’s talking about if Denver gets the one seed that that seven and eight could possibly knock him off they’re playing like defending champs like after the All-Star break joic sent a text around to everybody and said it’s time to go yeah and they have gone

They’ve that’s what he said time time to play and and I think that they have played like a defending Champion these these last couple weeks especially since y all start breaking we just had a topic about the Celtics right they have not played like that they’re not playing

With something to prove right now they’re playing like we just want to get to the end of the regular season and let’s be healthy going into the playoffs Denver is playing like let me remind you well I no I agree and speaking of Health right the coming up the Knicks are

Getting you got Squad we’re going to see the Lions this is the land of the Lions oh my goodness uh Mark what Mark what did I what did I just watch right there that looked a little scary to me yeah man well RG I recently went down to South Africa to

See the beginning of the fourth season of the basketball Africa league and in the midst watching some really competitive hoops and in the middle of just some really energetic crowds had the pleasure of going on Safari with two-time NBA Allstar and 2014 Defensive Player of the Year Joe Kim Noah who is

An ambassador of the Bal and uh we got to see theine got to see the LI that looks that looked a little you guys feeding the meat that gets a little scary gets a little scary a lion’s going to Lion we learned that a lion’s going to Lion you want you

Hungry now is this better than Cleveland it’s way this is way better than Cleveland it’s a day off for Joe Kimo in Petoria South Africa a descendant from Cameroon Joe Kim is an investor and Ambassador for the basketball Africa League he’s visiting South Africa for the first time in his

Life to help support and promote the future of basketball on this continent being able to grow basketball on the continent it’s it’s been it’s deep it’s being able to empower young people here and I think it’s something that’s uh it’s so important the B which recently started

Its fourth season is holding games here in South Africa as well as synagog and Egypt before the playoffs and the championship game take place in Rwanda in late May the celebrations have begun with more and more NBA players coming from Africa and finding immense success in the United States Joe Kim and the

Bl’s main goals are to showcase the hoop Talent on the continent and build a better infrastructure for the Next Generation the B is obviously a great platform but you know it’s about how to grow the Grassroots as well and my roots are from here for me this is my life’s work this

Is where I get my my Um passion this is this is my this is my work now and on this day also experience Africa’s incredible Wildlife on this 3our Safari when you got a lot of worries and a lot of things going on in your private life

You saw George comes and gives you a big hug everything just goes away it’s respect on both sides SES and a certain amount of Love on both sides how about Richie sunak you don’t like him either no that’s why they’re called Lions cuz they’re always lying down really they’re

Like your house cat yeah it’s nice to meet you too there even leaves off the tree they want to eat chips I can go back home now and I got a real story to tell you know nature just keep has a way of just keeping you

Humble that line do care care about your double double line of each Shack it’s a different order out there in the wild the Roes they always say it’s a lion order just being out here the land of the Lions and just like being that close to them being able to feel it that

Energy that Primal energy experiences like this like it changes the 20124 basketball Africa League season features the top club teams from 12 African countries is playing a record 48 games across four African countries the ba B picks up play April 19th in the Nile conference and the finals will begin May

24th it’s Friday emik is not here so not only do I get do I do I get to host NBA today I’m also hosting who said that we’re going to take a look at some quotes that caught our attention and Richard picking them our esteemed contestants who said that does that

Sound good you guys like that everybody excited all right well here are the current standings here are the current standings I have no idea how I’m in last place but whatever who cares I I think it’s because I show up the least they don’t even even like that minimum seven

Games play okay look look perk we’re going to start with you since you want to chirp so much all right all right quote I called him a tick tocker and I got a tech was it Miles Turner Chris Paul or was it me well well Richard I’m glad you like

Me today cuz this is a layup I’m going with Chris Paul on this one okay that’s the easy thing it was floating everywhere that’s why I stay the leader I pay attention I called him a tick tocker I got a tech I relate it’s just hard for me to

Believe that Chris Paul doesn’t have a good relationship with referees I I like I I cannot believe that that is so surprising to me it it it’s Richard this is our demographic here where Chris Paul you me we’re all this age where we’re not necessarily on Tik Tok right that’s

Fine that’s fine all right Zach the man the Zach is the man that that watches the most Tik Tok on here all right this is a quote I would run I run around like I’m an idiot during the game and just blank beat stuff up was it Josh Hart

This is Dylan Brooks or Grant I know you’re not talking about easy perk after what we just gave you Josh Hart Dylan Brooks or Grant Williams just of all first of all first of all Richard you’re a tick tocker I boycott this entire exhibition because Malika is the real

Host of who said that and the answer is Josh Hart oh is it Josh [Laughter] Hart run around like an idiot during the game and just it up like your pay to do oh oh look look I think he’s being accurate and he’s been blanking stuff up

For a long time doubles for doubles Josh har Josh Hart has played the best basketball of his career congratulations to that love him all right Ramona you’re last take us home with this one what player told the media how he really feels about postgame press conferences

By saying quote as far as talking to y’all I don’t give blank out of that they ask me I do it I get no joy in this after a win or after a loss was it Kyrie was it Devon Booker or was it dearon Fox

Oo I don’t know this one it’s a good one okay uh I think I’m going to go with book let’s go with Devon Booker no dear the Mr Nice Guy wow salty that’s far was talking to y’all yeah just you I don’t get out of that I get

No joy in this after a win or a loss what I like about it is he says I’m a professional I don’t like this I don’t want to be here I want to play basketball and go home do I enjoy talk no all right all right all right okay

Richard look you didn’t you didn’t had your time of Hosting I understand you doing your thing it’s my time to host now I don’t like you now but like 20 years ago maybe we could have hung out and look I want to you know present sent something to you uhoh flashback o yeah

Flashback see I’m not always a hater I sh light on you RJ you know what I’m saying he consider you appreciate that was that 20 years ago God it was 20 years ago today yes the anniversary ofo 20 years ago yeah you had a little bit of hat too no I

Can’t dunk like that on the 9 foot hoop but maybe on the way what’s burning in La you remember gay Vincent when they got him in the off season thaty such a great run for the Miami Heat during the playoffs he has rejoined the Lakers in Indianapolis after playing just five

Games all season He’s listed his out for tonight’s game but if he continues to progress we could see gab Vincent back on the court for all right now sorry now to the team ahead of the Lakers in the standings how were the Suns approaching this final stretch well I talked to

Yousef nerkish about this said you guys really have such a tough schedule down this he goes that’s fine we play better against better teams and if we have to do everything we can to just get there all we have to do is be healthy but this

This last stretch is tough for the Suns no it’s a tough stretch but Draymond Green was a was just ejected just four minutes into the game Ramona what’s burning with these Warriors well it would be nice as Steve C that if Houston would lose some games because the

Rockets are really pushing them for that 10 seed they still like their team though they feel like they played really good basketball at the second half of the season if they can sneak in in that 10 seed maybe the ninth seed they feel good about their team as they have all

Year long but Houston coming for them all right lastly arguably the biggest star is in action tomorrow what’s burning with Caitlyn Clark well she has been invited to Team USA Camp which is April 3rd through the 5th in Cleveland guess what’s also in Cleveland the women’s final four on the 5ifth through

The 7eventh so if Iowa makes the final four she can’t go to that Team USA Camp it is an Olympic here but if they don’t make it she is invited to the camp and she will be at this L will help her get to I feel like I feel

Like speaking of e is being announced it will produce a 96 page tribute print issue with the special edition magazine available on newss and through magazines.com and Amazon is that how long that story right on was Park leads Iowa into the sweet 16 match up against Colorado here are our Chan auma and

Andrea Carter on what makes her such a mega star what’s good Richard I see you in the host chair it’s ch Bo the one and only Andrea Carter now Colorado faces Iowa and Caitlyn Clark and we’re going to break down why she is the toughest bucket right now in the tournament watch

This right here it’s because she’s able to get into her bag so well they have tremendous spacing Iowa right here and then what a rip through a crossover another signature step back off of the push off she is so hard to guard and when they have this floor spacing she

Can knock it down from what D 35 ft 39 ft pretty much from half court yeah and the thing for me about Caitlyn is her body control like she’s so great when it comes to ball handling skills at getting the ball from the ground right into her

Shot but she’s also perfected the amount of lean that she has in her shot and the fade away in her shot and for me think about this she’s really good when she rejects the screens but she’s also really good going to her right hand so

You’re like okay I want her to use the screen but I also want her to go left so you’re constantly as a Defender thinking what am I supposed to do to make life difficult on her because when she goes left she likes to get into her fadeaway

Three-point shot there are just so many things you have to make it difficult on her but either way she’s going to get the better of you so as a Defender you just have to keep your composer cuz she’s going to hit tough shots it’s true everyone knows she leads a nation in

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